/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4213407

>>4059923

>>4037232
Soul is just a way to say "I like this artwork for reasons I can't express. There's nothing that objectively makes a drawing "soulful" or "soulless," as it's based entirely in the viewer's personal opinion.
When people say a very technically flawed drawing has soul, most of the time I think they're trying to say "this drawing looks unusual compared to the more technically refined stuff I'm used to seeing, so it is interesting and unique to me." Since every person has a different experience in the art they've seen over their life, their criteria for "unusual and unique" is going to be different.
It's really just a meme phrase, it's not worth sweating over. I think it's better to focus on whether or not your art looks appealing to yourself, rather than if it fits some vague notion of "soulfulness."